<p>What are some prestigious schools with really good social scenes as well? Just to gage the prestige level I'm thinking somewhere between Cornell/Duke/Stanford and Umich
-Only restriction is I don't want some school that's in the middle of a big city or anything like that.</p>
<p>You hear dartmouth and georgetown regularly as answers to this question.</p>
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<p>You might consider UVa, if you like that sort of thing.</p>
<p>ok thanks, any other schools, because Georgetown and Dartmouth are both probably a reach, and thanks, I like Uva.</p>
<p>Vanderbilt? (I’m just guessing, family friend’s son is there now and he says that social scene is pretty good)</p>
<p>You say Georgetown and Dartmouth are reaches, yet you mention Cornell, Duke and Stanford in your first entry. Maybe you should give your stats so people have an idea of the schools that may be a match, reach safety.</p>
<p>Assuming Cornell/Duke/Stanford are reaches and UMich is a safety, some schools that might fit your criteria are USC, UCLA, and UC Santa Barbara.</p>
<p>*because Georgetown and Dartmouth are both probably a reach, and thanks, I like Uva. *</p>
<p>What are your stats? </p>
<p>UVA is often a reach if you’re out of state, since UVA doesn’t accept many OOS students.</p>
<p>What state are you in?</p>
<p>USC, UCLA, and UC Santa Barbara</p>
<p>If you’re OOS for UCLA or UCSB, then expect to be full pay at $50k per year. </p>
<p>USC has become a reach for many. This year, USC rejected many kids with very good stats. USC is going for the high test score kids now.</p>
<p>What is your budget? How much will your parents pay each year?</p>
<p>BTW…you might need to post on the pre-med forum here…lots of good info.</p>
<p>And, if you don’t have top stats and you’re pre-med, why would you want to go to a school where you won’t be “top dog”??? You’ll need a high GPA for acceptance into med school.</p>
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<p>I don’t know what USC is doing nowadays, to be honest. Last year, there were several kids with lower GPAs, lower SAT’s, lower class rank, et cetera than me that got full-ride merit scholarships while I didn’t even get accepted…Seems like something odd is going on with USC admissions, so I agree, OP should have safeties and matches more reliable than USC even if (s)he would assume to have a good shot at getting in.</p>
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<p>Eiffel…what are your stats?</p>
<p>To get a full TUITION merit at USC requires high stats…and that’s not new. This is a school that only gives 1/2 tuition merit scholarships for NMFs…and that’s an old policy. </p>
<p>The people you know may have gotten full ride need based aid.</p>
<p>^These were people who posted their stats specifically in a thread about who had gotten either full or half merit scholarships. My stats were 2140 SAT (800 W, 740 CR, 600 M), 3.86 UW/4.6 W, all 5’s on my AP tests, 730 Lit/710 US History SAT II’s…And some of the people who got huge merit scholarships had lower stats in every single category. :-/ Even more alarming, there were people with 1700 SAT’s and around 3.3 GPA’s that at least got accepted to spring admission, whereas I got outright rejected…Something weird definitely happened.</p>
<p>*These were people who posted their stats specifically in a thread about who had gotten either full or half merit scholarships. *</p>
<p>I don’t believe their claims unless they got some kind of specialized scholarships…like children of alumni scholarships, diversity, or performing arts merit scholarships or such. </p>
<p>Of course, if they were NMF, they would get 1/2 tuition…and they could have had lower SAT, etc, than you did. </p>
<p>Does USC give National Hispanic or National Achievement 1/2 tuition scholarships, if so, those students may also have lower stats than you.</p>
<p>*My stats were 2140 SAT (800 W, 740 CR, 600 M), *</p>
<p>that said, I wouldn’t be surprised if USC doesn’t weigh the W section very highly. Your M+CR score is a 1340. Many schools really look at those two scores.</p>
<p>USC does not fit the OP’s criteria because it’s in the middle of a big city.</p>
<p>I’m not sure if there are a lot of schools that meet your criteria of not being in the middle of a city.</p>
<p>Georgetown is in DC. Northwestern is on the border of Chicago (great party scene, great academics). Emory is in Atlanta. </p>
<p>What are your absolutes and what are your it-would-be-nice-to-haves?</p>
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<p>These were people who got the Trustee or Dean’s (or whatever the normal half one is called); they weren’t specialized. Of course, people on this forum could be lying about receiving these scholarship, but that seems unlikely. </p>
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<p>USC does look at the W section, actually. And besides, a 1340 is still considered a great CR+M score by most people. Even if it weren’t, it would not explain this:</p>
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<p>So…yeah, I think something weird either happened with my application in particular (like they for some reason didn’t think I met a requirement when I actually did) or something odd is just going on with USC admissions in general. </p>
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<p>It’s far enough from the heart of the city, though, and it is more centered on campus life than city life, so OP might still want to consider it.</p>
<p>Eiffel: What do you consider the heart of LA? When I visited USC, it seemed like it was right downtown.</p>
<p>Once again Michigan is not a safety for an OOS applicant. Geez…</p>
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<p>Well, it seemed to me when I visited that one pretty much has to have a car to get to downtown LA from USC. The area immediately surrounding the campus doesn’t really offer much in the way of traditional city life, and the school definitely has an enclosed campus and traditional college life on campus. It’s no NYU.</p>
<p>Ok. Emory isn’t really IN Atlanta, I’m pretty sure it would fit the OPs description</p>
<p>If you don’t want to be in a big city, why not look at Villanova (PA-Catholic) or Bucknell University ¶?</p>